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Featured Poem: Treading Water

By Sally Wahl Constain Jacksonville Branch (Florida) One of the first things we learned way back then in Camp Tioga was how to float, front and back and how ... Read more

Featured Essay: How I Found My People

February 4, 2024January 30, 2024 Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am an artist, writer, entrepreneur, storyteller, and a Pen Woman. I had been preparing for this all my life. As a youngster, ... Read more

Featured Art: Queen Elizabeth, Age 14

January 31, 2024January 29, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Queen Elizabeth, Age 14” by Pauline Runkle, Fort Lauderdale Branch Pastel (20×26 framed)

Featured Poem: When Day Dies

January 25, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City Branch (Texas) When day dies and shadows are no longer shade Now silhouettes and things Of which imaginations made And the wind ordinary by ... Read more

Featured Art: Sisterhood

January 19, 2024December 22, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Sisterhood” by Susan S. Buzzi, Fort Lauderdale Branch Manipulated photo (20×16)

Featured Poem: Winter’s Arrival

January 10, 2024December 22, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Bette Lafferty Tampa Branch (Florida) A blast of frigid Arctic air thundered into the Texas Hill Country during the night rattling the windowpanes. The trees danced to the rhyme ... Read more

Featured Art: Pot of Gold

January 4, 2024January 7, 2024 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Pot of Gold” by Fran Mann Goodman, Boca Raton Branch Acrylic with acrylic skins (36×36) Artist’s Statement My interest, when I paint, is “to build life” into the piece. I ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Back Nine

December 29, 2023October 25, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol Ehrlich Denver Branch I travel the back nine in a reverie, absorbed in the sweet reward of nearing completion, all the time sorry to see the game ... Read more

Featured Art: Close But No Cigar

December 21, 2023October 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Close But No Cigar” by Renee J Burnes, Fort Lauderdale Branch Watercolor, 22 x 15

Featured Poem: The Bald Eagle

December 14, 2023December 22, 2023 NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch Sailing out of Frenchman’s Bay, wind from the North snatches the sails, whipping out the wrinkles, starching the canvas in tight curves that point ... Read more

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